CURRENT MISSION

Might even raise a little sand

ABOUT ME

I 'm incredibly proud to be Southern and a CouchSurfing advocate to anyone that'll listen.

My love for wandering began when I went to Granada for a summer semester to study Spanish. It was awesome and I loved it. (See my novel co-authored by Daniel Steele at the end of this page to read more...)
I left Granada when my semester was over and backpacked for 2.5 months throughout Western Europe. I made my way to Cork Irleand to spend my fall semester at University College Cork in Ireland.
I headed back to Charleston over Christmas to move out of the apartment I left behind and put my stuff in storage. 2 weeks later, I headed back to Rome for my last senior semester. Over spring break, I went couchsurfing in Sardenia and Sicily when my host in Catania and I met we instantly fell in friendship love and I never wanted to leave. Until I had to...

I first joined Couchsurfing when I moved to Italy permanently and wanted to make Italian friends and continue to become more fluent.
So, I stumbled upon CSurfing.org and started a group called "La Dolce Vita" (see "how I participate"). I also started couchsurfing on weekends around Italy every chance I got and it lead me to meet some of the most incredible people I've ever been to lucky enough to lay eyes on. I highly recommend it

PHILOSOPHY

"I wanna go fast"...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started a group called "La Dolce Vita" that grew from 5 members to what is now nearly 1,000 (Thanks to Luca and Roberto for continuing the group mission in my temporary absence;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

See above. In short, even my least favorite experience was still kick ass....

Interests

Photography, traveling, language exchange, anything that involves being outdoors, in or on the water, Fishing, shotguns, and various other redneck hobbies inherited from a family that makes Duck Dynasty look like Jersey Shore.

• books
• photography
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• language exchange

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing I've done?...
Crossed the mason dixon line, and shattered my very existence.
Everything I thought I knew about the world... what I'd been taught and told, my innate an unshakable patriotism was such a part of who I was that never had it crossed my mind to question it. To question anything.
Turns out...I knew nothing.
Thank God I made it out of the matrix just in time...

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak Italian on an advanced level of fluency, a little bit of Sicilian (all the funny & bad words;), I speak a little bit of Spanish (just the basics). Im happy to help anyone with their English or Italian!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Spain, United States

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